1
: having great natural ability : talented
gifted children
2
: revealing a special gift
gifted voices
giftedly
adverb
giftedness
noun
Examples of gifted in a Sentence
He's an extremely gifted student.
a school for gifted children
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The gifted works represent more than 150 artists, the bulk of whom were born in the U.S. and half of them born before 1950, and will start to be exhibited in spring 2025.
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Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
The districts’ gifted and talented programs disproportionately serve White, Asian, and upper middle-class students.
—Michael J. Petrilli, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Among other daily acts of kindness, Lambert helped guests celebrate birthdays, held trivia contests, gifted T-shirts and glow sticks and doted on the kids and pets who were also sheltering at the hotel.
—Susan Katz Keating, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Like a teacher who immediately recognizes a gifted pupil in class, Miles wasn’t scared to give the young coaching sensation a chance to call plays.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
The districts’ gifted and talented programs disproportionately serve White, Asian, and upper middle-class students.
—Michael J. Petrilli, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Among other daily acts of kindness, Lambert helped guests celebrate birthdays, held trivia contests, gifted T-shirts and glow sticks and doted on the kids and pets who were also sheltering at the hotel.
—Susan Katz Keating, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Like a teacher who immediately recognizes a gifted pupil in class, Miles wasn’t scared to give the young coaching sensation a chance to call plays.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Gifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gifted. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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gifted
adjective
gift·ed
ˈgif-təd 
: having great natural ability
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